Practical steps

1. Power

As we become more and more reliant on a grid system, with it's hikes in prices and our reliance on it for our daily power usage, there are many alternatives and technologies out there at our disposal.

Solar is perhaps the most affordable, even in less daylit countries it is still a viable alternative, particularly for low power usage.

Now, I live in a fairly hot country with at least 10-12 hours of sunshine most days. Yet the majority of people choose to pay an average of $100 a month for their power. Air con and freezers account for the largest part of this of course.

Looking online, solar panels are selling for around $21 or £15 or €19 per 100 watts!

I bought a 580 watt panel for around £95 delivered.

So for an average house needing perhaps 2kw of solar power, it would cost around £400 including controller and perhaps another £200 for a couple of 120ah batteries, (enough to get through the night).

Obviously a good pure sine wave inverter (another £100 here) to convert the voltage to a stable mains supply would also be needed. The whole system would pay for itself many times during a 5 year period and excess power could be "exchanged" with neighbours for goods and services or even a battery charge service could be implemented.

In other countries, it may involve larger scale "farms" that could be locally created on spare land, similarly coastal areas there are also tidal options and hydro in mountainous areas with a sufficient flow of water.

There are also technologies such as solar panels that generate power from rain, which would give them a wider spectrum of use.

2. Water

One of the strangest things I find is the misuse of water. Using clean and processed tap water to flush toilets is but one example.

A tank in the loft space for catching rain water just for this purpose would reduce the use of treated water noticeably. Additionally, a basic filter system could also supply shower heads and non-drinking water sources.

In some countries such as Portugal, there are no gutters allowed on buildings. Surely people still need water? This is one of the "rules" implemented under the guise of "restricted ground water", yet once you have sufficient storage filled to capacity, it would naturally run off onto the ground. This is more about charging people for the use of water and one of the many stealth taxes.

Large scale use of water, such as irrigation and industrial plants should be limited. There are technological and alternative methods that can be implemented. It would also force agriculture to be more organic, relying on a good balance of healthy soil and long forgotten techniques, instead of favouring the widespread use of chemicals and fertilizers, further destroying the Eco system and the health of it's inhabitants.

Clever use of bamboo and hazel can reduce water logged land and proper management of forests and rivers is perhaps the most important factor.

Commercially driven interests override common sense most of the time it would seem. After all, water is a free resource for all, not just another money making enterprise holding the public to ransom.

3. The Internet

This "resource" should be free. More so with the fact that your bought and paid for hardware is supplying all of the data that contributes to it's "information supply".

For a long time, the mobile phone system has been an archaic and over charged "service" and a system that's been widely abused by governmental departments.

As a repairer of mobile phones, they are becoming more of an annual replacement item, with very high failure rates because of cheaper materials, whilst manufacturers continue to exploit vulnerable users with their tracking systems, all in the name of security.

Governments over stepping their boundaries, pushing us ever closer to biological tracking and control is essentially on the cards for future generations, unless people rid themselves of the insidious corporate tech software they carry around with them. AI is likely to be the final straw as they "guide" (control) your everyday life and, more importantly, your thought processes.

Basic communication is all that we need, and obviously access to any information WE wish to know ... that's perhaps the most difficult part of the puzzle.

4. Food

With the ever increasing industrialized farming situation, it falls firmly on the shoulders of the individual to reject what's being put on our plates. More local community gardens are needed to take back not only our health but also our ability to allow the natural landscape to flourish.

Large scale land "ownership" should be abolished, and stewards appointed that are well versed in the art of woodland and pasture management. Natural water courses and artesian wells & springs should be protected and maintained and brought back to peak condition, although with the devastation that agriculture has caused over the last 50 years, it will take a few decades at least.

As a side-note, it should also be written into the constitution that access to land is part of our birthright and should never be disallowed unless of course in some circumstances, such as any pursuit likely to cause damage, which should only be allowed in certain areas.

Teaching people to respect the environment should also be important, especially during schooling where it's perhaps needed the most to bridge the gap between children and nature, many of whom have no idea where their food comes from other than a supermarket, and have been coerced to be more interested in a "virtual" reality than the real thing.

There are many ways that food can be distributed locally, either in exchange for other things, services or perhaps in "payment" for the many support services that people can supply.

The use of artificial preservatives should be banned and better management would ensure that waste would be kept to a minimum. In fact waste is perhaps the lesser problem when it comes to organic food.

5. Waste

Our modern age is littering the landscape with the refuse of a very broken system. Fast food chains should be shut down unless they offer a suitable alternative, not only to the unhealthy food they serve, but also the way it's served. Plastic and polystyrene may be cheap, but they should be brought to task and forbidden from using these materials in their packaging, period.

Obviously a monetary system would come up with a solution to make them pay to be able to use these materials, as if throwing money around solves anything. It would likely make matters worse for the planet.

All manufacturers should exhibit longevity in their products, as well as fully supporting the "right to repair" movement. This would ensure that when things break, it IS made mandatory to supply a circuit diagram and to be able to source the parts necessary to further extend the life of the product. Both car and mobile phone manufacturers are guilty of supplying products that are unfit for use within a very short period of use and don't release full information to enable individuals to repair or maintain their equipment.

In fact, where electric cars are concerned, they even build in mechanisms into the software to restrict operational use after a certain period of time, kind of like the service interval on a normal car but unnecessarily so.

People SHOULD reject technology that doesn't last much beyond the guarantee period purely on the grounds of waste. The problem needs to be fixed at source, not by digging more holes and burying all the toxins for the grandkids to live on top of ...

6. Skills

Enjoy doing what makes you happy. We have technology to clean toilets and sweep streets. AI used as a tool and not nefarious things can easily be adopted for menial tasks, even caring for nature for that matter.

Given the proper managed environment, our better qualities as a species would flourish and no person would go without.

Removing all of the constraints of the market economy and allowing the individual freedom to express themselves and to have "proper" social interactions, not through phones or memes, but biological interaction, fostering the naturally creative and loving nature of people, allowing free forms to develop their own paths and occupations. Supporting each other for the duration and finding new ways to bridge diverse cultures, gaining a deeper understanding of each person's needs.

I think that this would naturally form the basis of a working society, devoid of crime, corruption, wars and hunger.

We would enter an age where we all have value and would equally commit to it, given the proper support during its infancy, allowing the development of educational and healthcare systems, that place the individual first and foremost and which allow unrestricted access to knowledge and research, in order for it to develop to fruition.

I may have more to add or edit over time.